The Study of Historical Memory in the Modern System of Humanitarian Knowledge

Abstract

Relevance. This article discusses topical issues regarding the definition of such a concept as “memory studies”. This phenomenon is considered in a historical retrospective of modern Russian historiography. The main approaches to the definition of the following terms are analyzed: “memory studies”, “place of memory”, “historical memoryˮ, “social memory”, “collective memory”, “cultural memory”. This paper provides an overview of the main directions of Russian historiography in line with the latest research devoted to the study of such a phenomenon as “memory studies”. The purpose on the basis of the materials studied, to determine the most complete and clearly expressed definition of such a phenomenon and concept as “memory studies”. Objectives. to consider the main scientific works devoted to this issue, to analyze the totality of research in the field of studying Russian memory studies. To reveal the essence of the concept: “memory studies” in Russian historiography. Methodology. In the process of working on the study, the following research methods were used: comparison, analysis, synthesis, generalization, analogy. Results. The development of this problem contributes to a deeper study of such a phenomenon as “memory studies”. This work reveals the essence and main directions in the study of memory studies in Russian historiography and gives one of the definitions of this phenomenon in the modern system of humanitarian knowledge. Conclusion. The construct “memory studies” itself is practically not found in academic works. This concept is closest to the concept: “historical memory” which most accurately reflects the general collective ideas, where the main meaning-forming construct is “memory”. The concept of memory plays a key role here.